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S.- GIBBONS.

Drying Barrels.

Patented Aug. 27,1867.

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Lem-rs Pfam: No. 68,181, ma August. 27,1867. l

IMPROVEMENT IN DRYING 'BARRELS.

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'. lO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

vBc it known that I, SAMUEL GIBBONS, of Binghanitom'iu the county of Broome, and in th'e State of New York, have invented a new and usefulmprovement in Drying Barrels, and I do hereby declare that the following is aiull, clcar,.nnd exact description thereof, E 'hielrwill enable those skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specilication, in which drawingl Figure 1 represents 'a longitudinal section of this invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse section'of the same.

`Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consist in drying barrels by the heat radiating from pipes which are heated with steam or hot :ligand which are introduced into the barrels through` the' bung-holes, or which are placed in such a position that the barrels can be readily put over them in such a manner that the barrels, after they have been worked, can be readily and quickly dried, and particularly the lining of petroleum-barrels, which, in most cases, consists ofglue, or a compound of glue, can be dried in any weather, and the barrels can be rendered fit for use in a short 4time after the glue or other compound has been introduced.

The apparatus which I use in carrying out my invention consists-principally ot' oue or more pipes A, which connect .with .a steam or lhot-air supply pipe, B. From said pipes A branches of a series of pipes, C, which are closed at their ends by suitable caps er plugs a, and which are of such a size and length that they can readily be introduced into the barrels to be dried, as indicated' in the drawings. The connection between the pipes A andthe supply pipe4 Bmay be effected by means of exible pipes, so that the pipes A can be readily adjusted in any desired position.

In practice the-barrels will` be supported by suitable frames D, between which the pipes A extend, or the barrels and pipes may be brought in any` convenient position, provided the heating pipes C can be made to *extend into the interior of the barrels. When steam or hot air is made to p ass through the' pipes A C, the

heat radiating from the pipes C assists materially indrying theinterior of barrels, and the operation of drying barrels is rendered comparatively easy, and can be effected in a short time, with a very small expenditure of steam or hotair.

It will be observed that I do not propose to pass steam or hot air through the barrels, since the eifect of free steam let into the barrels would be the reverse of drying, 'and if. hot air should be made to pass through the barrels, a large quantityof heat-would be wasted, and the operation of drying would become too expensive to hc of practical value.` But by using the" heat radiating from pipes heated by steam or hotair, all the heat isutilzed, and the'operation of drying barrels can be effected with great economy and rapidity.

What I claim `as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, s

1. The within-described method of drying barrels by the heat radiating from pipes or equivalent means introduced into the barrels', substantially in the mannerset forth.

2. An apparatus for drying barrels,eomposed of a series ofpipes A, with branch pipes C, substantially as and for the purpose describcd.-

` t SAMUEL GIBBONS.

Witnesses:

W. HAUEF, G. Bane. 

